On this day: September 19
What American whalers wrote in their logbooks on September 19, in every year of the atlas's voyages: the most interesting first, each linked to its day and the original logbook.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Rescued survivors of the wrecked David Paddock.
- 1852 · Pacific: Native canoes came alongside.
- 1830 · George Porter: Sent a boat ashore for potatoes.
- 1845 · Draco: Keeper admitted to being homesick.
- 1883 · Pedro Varela: Caught 2 sperm whales.
- 1832 · Bengal: A solitary whale gazed upon them.
- 1847 · Draco: Squared the yards after 95 days.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Three shipwrecked men joined the ship.
- 1848 · Mary and Susan: Two passengers joined for Sandwich Islands.
- 1862 · Hopeton: Caught several dolphin.
- 1905 · Karluk: Crew prepared for winter as temperatures dropped.
- 1832 · Bengal: Saw one solitary fish.
- 1893 · Beluga: Sailed along the ice.